11th AUGUST ~ HISTORY ON THIS DAY

AUGUST 11th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1934 : Federal prisoners landed on Alcatraz | & more about history on this day in the video… A group of federal prisoners classified as “most dangerous” arrived at Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco Bay. The convicts were the first civilian prisoners to be housed in the new high-security penitentiary.

MAJOR EVENTS iN HiSTORY ON THiS DAY ~ AUGUST 11th …see the timeline below for more details, births & events…

PEOPLE BORN ON THiS DAY ~ AUGUST 11th …in production …see the timeline below for more details & more events…

DEATHS ON THiS DAY ~ AUGUST 11th ..in production …see the timeline below for more details & more events…

TiMELiNE of HiSTORY ON THiS DAY & PEOPLE BORN on AUGUST 11th

1929 ~ Babe Ruth became the 1st baseball player to hit 500 home runs, with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.

1934 ~ The 1st civilian prisoners arrived at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco Bay.

1959 ~ Sheremetyevo International Airport, the 2nd largest airport in Russia, opened.

1960 ~ Chad declared independence.

1962 ~ Vostok 3 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev became the 1st person to float in microgravity.

1968 ~ The last steam hauled train ran on the British Rail.

1972 ~ The last United States ground combat unit left South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War.

1979 ~ Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collided over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crashed, killing all 178 people aboard both airliners.